Oct. 2, 2025
SeedSigner + BIP-353: Human-Readable Bitcoin Payments
Bitcoin’s address system has always presented a paradox. On one hand, addresses are designed for efficiency and compactness; on the other, their opaque encoding makes them nearly impossible to use directly without relying on copy-paste or QR codes. This usability gap has fueled proposals over the years to give Bitcoin payments a human-readable layer. From BIP-21/BIP-321 URIs to BIP-70’s payment protocol, and more recently LNURL and Lightning Address, the community has continued to experiment with bridging human interaction and cryptographic correctness.